Another G2 Win for Glorious Empire

Tara Madgwick - Monday December 17
One of the best value and most popular sires on the Aquis Queensland roster is Holy Roman Emperor (IRE), who was making news on the international front over the weekend.

Holy Roman EmperorWorld renowned shuttle sire Holy Roman Emperor has had a good year in 2018 and one of his top performers has been US Grade I winner Glorious Empire, who claimed another feature race win on Saturday when taking out the $200,000 Grade II Fort Lauderdale Stakes at Gulfstream.

The James Lawrence trained seven year-old won the Grade I Sword Dancer Stakes earlier this year and was back to his best when cruising clear to win this 1 and 1/8th mile contest by two and a half lengths.

Ridden forward from the gate by Edgar Prado, Gloriuos empire looked the winner a long way from home and now has the overall record of 10 wins from 25 starts and nearly $1million in prizemoney.

"The instructions were very easy," Prado said.

"The horse loves to be on the lead. My only concern was [Blacktype]. If the horse didn't chase me I was able to take a nice, easy lead and try to slow it down and have something left in the end, and that's exactly what happened in the race. He broke sharp, I was able to put him in a good spot, and he was moving easy all the way around. When I asked him, he really gave me a good kick. He finished running really strong."

Glorious Empire is the best of three winners from Humble and Proud, a half-sister by Pivotal to stakes-winner Delsarte.

An incredibly versatile sire of 13 Group I winners in nine countries, Holy Roman Emperor has the ability to sire sprinters, stayers and everything in between.

By champion sire Danehill, Holy Roman Emperor has been super popular for Aquis Farm in Queensland at his last three seasons standing at the affordable fee of $9,900.


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